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Cbus hires new group executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
The $60 billion industry super fund for the construction and building sector has expanded its leadership team with a new hire. Kristin Miller has been appointed as group executive, people and culture. "We are very pleased to welcome Kristin Miller to ...

Citi names client director from within

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
Citi Australia's wealth management business has appointed a banking vice president to the newly created role of client director. Kan Liu has spent over a decade at Citi specialising in fixed income and foreign exchange solutions for clients. He originally ...

New corporate bond fund launches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Artesian Capital has launched a new corporate-focussed, green and sustainable bond fund open to both wholesale and retail investors. Artesian said the fund was seeded by an Australian ethically minded super fund, which has been running since late September. ...

Invest Blue offers managed account solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... contemporary platform, BT Panorama, we've been able to deliver a tailored solution for Invest Blue's advisers and clients." "BT's focus on continually improving the digital features on the platform helps advice businesses realise the full extent of the ...

Industry fund awards $60m small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... industry fund. TWUSUPER has selected Eiger Capital for the equities allocation. "This mandate furthers TWUSUPER's plan to focus its active management budget on areas where we have a comparative advantage. As a smaller investor we can access highly ...

Hume slams superannuation circus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... by unnecessary insurance and high fees. Refusing to fall into the trap of the "circus of characters and commentary", her focus is on what really matters, which is growing and protecting the retirement savings of Australians. While she describes her relationship ...

SG rise a bad idea: Chartered Accountants

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
According to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the superannuation guarantee should not rise from 9.5% to 12%. "Since the last election, there has been a global pandemic, the first Australian recession in 29 years, our highest unemployment ...

How to attract high net worth clients

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... affinity for plain brands (36.6%). "Generally speaking, we see that older individuals tend to prefer brands that do not focus on digital services and offerings and have an affinity with proven or plain brand affinity characteristics," Netwealth said. ...

Wage subsidy to rescue advice industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
With just 65 new names appearing on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register in 2020, the rapid decline in adviser numbers has industry experts calling for a wage subsidy to incentivise advice practices to take hire graduates. In its pre-Budget submission ...

To merge or not to merge?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... purpose, serving something very different than what you can as a big fund," Stewart said. "I think we have a real maniacal focus on getting the benefits of scale; so that for us is getting the economies of scale. Complexity, quite frankly, is the enemy ...